Young drivers poised for Formula One opportunity - USF1

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Among them is 17-year-old Alexander Rossi, who won his second race in the International Formula Master Series at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium on Sunday.

Another is Jonathan Summerton. The 21-year-old won his third Atlantic Championship race of 2009 at the Mosport track in Ontario on Sunday.

The new North Carolina-based USF1 Grand Prix team is seeking at least one American driver to fill its two seats during the 2010 Formula One season.

Scott Speed is the only American to compete in Formula One since Michael Andretti ran a shortened season with McLaren in 1993.

Speed, who ran for the Toro Rosso team in 2006 and half of the 2007 season, was the only American to graduate to Formula One from the Red Bull Driver Search program that ran from 2002-2005. He now competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup series for Team Red Bull.

J.R. Hildebrand, a 2004 Red Bull Driver Search graduate, on Saturday became the first American to win the Firestone Indy Lights title since 2002. The 21-year-old Californian clinched the championship with a fifth place finish at Chicagoland Speedway.